Munich Airport to Hotel

The Munich airport is well served by two S-Bahn lines that run into town. The S-Bahn station is underground between Terminals 1 and 2. S8 leaves from the eastern track and goes to town via an eastern route. S1 leaves from the western track and goes into town via a western route. It doesn't matter which one you take; the next one leaving will get you there soonest.

Thank you, Lee. I know we will be tired after an 11-hour flight, but do you have any advice as to what information we should be getting before we leave the airport? Money? Rail Info? Or should we just stop at the TI and they can answer most of our questions?

If you are coming in from the U.S., and you have to go through Passpost control, whether or not you check bags, you will be "dumped" into the baggage claim room, with the carousel. On your right (or at least that's where is has always been for me) will be the ATM, called a "Geldautomat". If you don't already have Euro, get it there. It's a bank owned machine; there is no fee, other than what your bank charges.

This might sound funny, but I have probably spent 16 days in Munich in 8 or so trips, and I don't know where the TI office is. I think it is in the building above the S-Bahn station.

Leave the terminal building and you will enter a large open but covered area. The S-Bahn station is on the far side, you'll see a green cirle with a large white 'S'.

In the station (you go down stairs) there will be a platform with a ticket machine. Press the yellow button in the RH column for a "Partner Tageskarte Gesamtnetz". It will ask you for €18,80. Give it a €20 note; you'll get change.

On your way in to Munich, pay attention to the map on the wall and the sign on the end of the car. You want to get off at Marienplatz. The stop before is Karlstor or Isartor, depending on which train you take. When you come up out of the station, you will see a large building with a "tower". That is the Neues Rathaus. Viktualienmarkt is a couple of blocks to your right and a couple of block behind you.

Hello Lee,

When you say Viktualienmarkt is a couple of blocks to my right, are you referring to the hotel or to Viktualienmarkt itself? Your information is priceless and I appreciate all of it.

Both. The Viktualienmarkt is the open public market for Munich. Your hotel is in the middle of it.

There is an ATM facility just 15 steps across the street from the Hotel Viktualienmarkt. I say facility because there were 4 or 5 ATMs located inside. It's very safe.

Definitely take the train from the airport all the way to the MarienPlatz station. From there walk about 2 minutes until the Viktualienmarkt. Head towards the Mayfair Pole and then cross the street at the Stop Light/Pedestrian crosswalk...and keep on going straight for about 1 block. The hotel is on your right.

I put in the hotel's street address into google maps and looked at an aerial view. You will clearly see the Marienplatz, Viktualienmarkt, and the path to the hotel. It's a very very easy walk. Don't worry about it at all.

After a long flight, it is tough when I first arrive at a Munich Ubahn/S-Bahn station. Here is a map of the Marienplatz station:

http://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/mvv/mvv/marienplatz.pdf

There are several exits from the station, you obviously want the Viktualienmarkt exit. I usually have a decent sense of direction but something about emerging from an underground with a jet lag throws me off.

Make sure to take a decent map and give yourself time to get oriented once you are above ground.